Events

Headstone Humor

Every now and then we come across some humorous epitaphs. They remind us that, even in the end, people have found creative ways to celebrate the life of a loved one with headstone humor.

Here are some of our favorites:

England and Beyond

On the grave of Ezekiel Aikle in a cemetery in Nova Scotia:Here lies Ezekial Aikle Age 102: The Good Die Young.

In a London cemetery:Ann Mann: Here lies Ann Mann, Who lived an old maid But died an old Mann. Dec. 8, 1767.

In an English cemetery:Anna Wallace: The children of Israel wanted bread. And the Lord sent them manna.
Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife, And the Devil sent him Anna.

In a cemetery in England: On the 22nd of June – Jonathan Fiddle – Went out of tune.

A British lawyer’s epitaph:Sir John Strange: Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange.

In America

Having fun with a surname in a New Mexican, cemetery:Here lies Johnny Yeast, Pardon me for not rising.

In a Silver City, Nevada, cemetery:Here lays Butch. We planted him raw. He was quick on the trigger, But slow on the draw.

Someone determined to be anonymous in Vermont:I was somebody. Who, is no business of yours.

Lester Moore was a Wells, Fargo Co. station agent for Naco, Arizona in the cowboy days of the 1880’s.He’s buried in the Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona:
Here lies Lester Moore. Four slugs from a .44. No Les No More.

In a Georgia cemetery:“I told you I was sick!”

On a 1880’s Nantucket, Massachusetts grave:Under the sod and under the trees Lies the body of Jonathan Pease.
He is not here, there’s only the pod: Pease shelled out and went to God.

In Albany, New York:

Born 1903–Died 1942
Looked up the elevator shaft to see if the car was on the way down. It was.

In a Thurmont, Maryland, cemetery:Here lies an Atheist All dressed up And no place to go.